The Seine at Vétheuil by Claude Monet Canvas Print

The Seine at Vétheuil by Claude Monet Canvas PrintWhat's the living room missing? Soft sky blue with some nerve. Monet's 1880 view of the River Seine carries a calm river, a green bank and a big working sky quiet, but never flat. Put it up and the room reads gentler. Neutral walls warm slightly, greens in the room start talking to the greens in the picture, and the sky pulls the eye up so the wall feels taller than it is. It wants a clear stretch above a sofa, a low sideboard or a console in an

and sits comfortably on walls painted in soft cream

size it properly and the room slows down around it

Where to hang it: above a chest of drawers in a nursery

a striped cushion

Hang it above a small table

The dark background gives the warm colours room to glow

With a bath-time puppy

all built up in thick paint

near a shelf of mugs

more hand-made feel

dark painted walls and warm brass

paper shades and warm off-white walls